KIRA'S POV Romano inhaled sharply, his lips frozen against mine, his entire body stiff. I immediately pulled back. The car walls suddenly felt so suffocating, and Romano stared at me with an expression I couldn't decipher. "I… I am so sorry, I just wanted to feel something. You probably feel bad for me and I just—" “f**k it." he interrupted, and before I could finish my thought, His mouth crashed into mine with a force that sent shockwaves through my body. It wasn’t gentle. It wasn’t sweet. It was raw, and punishing, and I let it happen. My mind raced, screaming at me to stop, but my body betrayed me, leaning into the kiss, into the desperate fire between us. "Ma’am," he paused, his breath hot against my lips, my name sounding like both a prayer and a curse. "We really shouldn’t—" I s

